
Tunis, February 28, 2009- During a press conference given in Tunis on Saturday, the Minister of culture and heritage preservation, Mr Abderraouf El Basti, said that a rich program has been set up to celebrate the advent of Kairouan as the 2009 capital of Islamic culture.
Mr El Basti evoked the role of ...

Tunis, February 28, 2009- For many visitors, pictures of the southern village of Matmata, located some 40 km from the coastal town of Gabes, might seem uncannily familiar; for good reason too, the town was once the setting for George Lucas’s “Star Wars.”
The fifth edition of the Matmata festival aims at showcasing ...

Tunis, February 28, 2009- The "Viva Palestina" British caravan dubbed “Lifeline from the UK to Gaza” left Ras Jedir, in Tunisia on Saturday heading for Libya in its journey to Gaza, to deliver some 1 million pounds worth of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people.
Before leaving Tunisia, the 102 vehicle caravan was warmly acclaimed ...

Tunis, February 28, 2009- TAV Tunisia, a branch of the Turkish holding TAV Airports, in charge of the building of the Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Enfidha Airport, has signed yesterday an agreement with the African Development Bank (ADB) for a loan worth 70 million Euros. TAV Tunisia which is raising a loan ...

Tunis, February 27, 2009- A periodic meeting of the political bureau of the Movement of Social Democrats(MDS) chaired by the party’s Secretary General Mr Ismail Boulehia, was held on Friday in Tunis.
The meeting which reviewed the party’s activities in the capital and in the regions, also examined the program of festivities which ...

Tunis, February 27, 2009- Chairing the meeting of the Democratic Constitutional Rally’s (RCD) political bureau on Friday, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali recommended to fine tune preparations for the forthcoming political events, as well as boosting the number of intellectual activities and grass root actions.
He also stressed the importance of mobilizing ...

Tunis, February 27, 2009- There are about 200 Tunisian doctors currently working in South Africa, it was announced on Thursday by the South African online news site News 24 that quoted South Africa’s President Kgalema Mothlanthe as saying that “we have already close to 200 Tunisian doctors in our rural villages”.
The announcement ...

Tunis, February 27, 2009- In an interview given on Thursday to the first issue of the Tunisian Arabic language news magazine, “Al Maghreb Al Mouhawad” (The United Maghreb), President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali said that he was firmly convinced that "building the Arab Maghreb is a historical, vital and decisive necessity for ...

Tunis, February 26, 2009- The Tunisian car filter company GIF Filter will soon open a plant in Algeria. The company which produces fuel and oil filters for cars, is expanding its operations in Algeria thanks to an investment made possible by the Maghreb Private Equity Fund II (MPEF II) of an amount of ...

Tunis, February 26, 2009 -- An exhibit gathering some 500 photos taken by the French photographer Denise Bellon (1902-1997), will be held from February 28 to March 16, 2009, at the “Mille feuilles” bookstore in la Marsa, north of Tunis.
The event which is organized by the French Cooperation Institute (IFC), will be attended by ...